Dr Janet Roden, has 35 years experience in the development and application of genetic improvement strategies in sheep and cattle. She now oversees the breeding programme at Innovis breeding sheep to meet the needs of commercially minded farmers focused on forage fed sheep, provides genetic support to the Welsh Sheep Genetics Programme and heads up the Breed for CH4nge research project.
Session – Breed for CH4nge – breeding sheep with a lower carbon footprint
Janet Roden (Project Manager) and Alexandria James (member of Centurion Group of Dorset Sheep Breeders) will talk about the Breed for CH4nge project which aims to identify the best breeding strategies and tools for breeding efficient maternal sheep that can help contribute to a lower carbon footprint and to disseminate the knowledge and technologies to the industry.